22-555: The Cat may refer to: Nickname [ edit ] Mathilde Carré (1910-2007), French spy, double and possibly triple agent Peter Bonetti (1941–2020), English footballer Greg Cattrano (born 1975), American lacrosse player Ernest Miller (born 1964), American professional wrestler Félix Potvin (born 1971), Canadian hockey player Carl Thompson (boxer) (born 1964), British boxer Emile Francis (born 1926), Canadian hockey player, coach, and general manager, most notably of
44-585: A double agent , was responsible for the arrest of dozens of Interallié operatives by the German occupiers of France. French Resistance leader Pierre de Vomécourt persuaded her to leave France with him and become an agent for the British. Upon arrival in Britain she was interrogated and imprisoned for the remainder of the war. After the war she was deported to France and convicted of treason and sentenced to death. The sentence
66-515: A French-Spanish film The Cat (1966 film) , an American film The Cat (1971 film) , a French film The Cat (1977 film) , an Italian film The Cat (1988 film) , a German film The Cat (1992 film) , a Hong Kong film directed by Lam Ngai Kai The Cat (2011 film) , a South Korean film Television [ edit ] T.H.E. Cat , a 1966–1967 TV series starring Robert Loggia " The Cat/The Black Cat ", an episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series The Cat (Red Dwarf) ,
88-668: A German double agent she continued to use the codename Victoire. The Germans also captured four radio transmitters which would be used to send false messages to SOE in London. Interallié was destroyed. Pierre de Vomécourt, an agent in France of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) of Great Britain, had no wireless operator, and no means of communicating with SOE headquarters in London . He needed money as he had financed nearly all
110-464: A character in the TV show Red Dwarf Comics [ edit ] The Cat , original title of a Marvel Comics series and character, later renamed Tigra The Cat, alternate name for Walter Hardy , a Marvel Comics character The Cat, original name for Catwoman , a DC Comics character The Cat, alternate name for Shen Kuei , a Marvel Comics character The Cat, English name of the title character of
132-602: A man, and, once more, Mozart 's Requiem ." She was sentenced to death on 7 January 1949. Three months later, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and later further reduced. Carré was released in September 1954. She published an account of her life in J'ai été "La Chatte" (1959; revised in 1975 as On m'appelait la Chatte ("I Was Called the Cat")). She died in Paris at the age of 98. Aria (guitar company) Aria Guitars Co.
154-628: A network that named its agents and their sectors or areas of coverage for given names grouped by the letters of the alphabet), but she was nicknamed La Chatte , ("The She-cat") for her feline predatory and stealthy propensities. In October 1941, the Interallié had come to the attention of the Germans and Abwehr 's Sergeant Hugo Bleicher was tasked with infiltrating the network. A captured agent gave Bleicher, names and addresses of Interallié members. In November, twenty-one members of Interallié were arrested by
176-541: A wireless (one of those captured by the Germans) and could arrange for the transmittal of messages from Vomécourt to London. He was initially suspicious and tested her by having her send a message to London asking SOE for money. Two days later SOE responded and Carré told him a British agent would give him the money in Vichy . Vomécourt went to Vichy and received the money. SOE headquarters had been working with Interallié so it accepted
198-454: Is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments . The company, sited in the city of Nagoya , produces electric , acoustic and classical guitars, electric basses and ukuleles through its brands Laule'A, Mojo Gig Bags, Fiesta, José Antonio, Pignose and Kelii. Aria was formed in Japan in 1956 by Shiro Arai as "Arai & Co., Inc". They began retailing acoustic guitars in 1960, although
220-514: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mathilde Carr%C3%A9 Mathilde Carré (30 June 1908 in Le Creusot, France – 30 May 2007), née Mathilde Lucie Bélard and known as "La Chatte" ("The Cat"), was a French Resistance agent during World War II who betrayed the Franco-Polish resistance organization, Interallie, and, as
242-576: The Abwehr in Cherbourg and on 17 November the leaders, including Czerniawski and Carré, were arrested in Paris. After her arrest, according to Bleicher, Carré immediately gave him the names of everyone in Interallié. The information she provided enabled the Germans to destroy Interallié. She was released a day later and subsequently lived with Bleicher. She accompanied the Germans on raids to arrest Interallié agents. As
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#1732851964927264-626: The Belgian comic strip Le Chat Ferry services [ edit ] HSC The Cat (renamed HSC Hai Xia Hao ), formerly operated in the Gulf of Maine Bay Ferries Great Lakes , in Lake Ontario The Cat , a marketing name of the HSC Incat 046 vessel, a ferry Other uses [ edit ] The Cat (album) , a 1964 jazz album by Jimmy Smith The title character of the book The Cat in
286-465: The German's message to them as genuine. Despite SOE's confidence in Interallié, Vomécourt was still suspicious of Carré and in January 1942, his suspicions were heightened. He asked her to procure forged identity cards and she complied quickly, too quickly in his opinion and the cards were too good. Challenged, she admitted she was working for the Germans. Vomécourt then hatched a plan for Carré to persuade
308-666: The Germans . In 1940, she met Polish Air Force Captain Roman Czerniawski , whose cryptonym was "Walenty" to the Poles and "Armand" or "Victor" to the French . Carré, who had contacts with the Vichy Second Bureau , joined the headquarters section of his Franco-Polish Interallié network, a Franco/Polish espionage network based in Paris under the cryptonym "Victoire" (as all of the headquarters section staff had "V" initial names in
330-424: The Germans that she should go to SOE headquarters in London with him. Carré said she persuaded Bleicher and the Germans that she could return to France with valuable information about SOE. The Abwehr accepted her story and in early February, sent a message to London, supposedly from Vomécourt, requesting immediate evacuation from France of Vomécourt and Carré, saying their lives were in danger. After many misadventures,
352-464: The Hat and the related movie The Cat, a fictional character from the novel Animal Farm An informal term for Catawissa Creek "The Cat", a guitar model manufactured by Aria See also [ edit ] Cat (disambiguation) The Cats (disambiguation) Catman (disambiguation) The Big Cat (disambiguation) La Chatte ( The She-Cat ), a French novel Topics referred to by
374-566: The New York Rangers Bogdan Lobonț (born 1978), Romanian football player, now under contract with AS Roma Phil Tufnell (born 1966), British television personality and former test cricketer for England Tony Meo (born 1959), English snooker player Dave Gahan (born 1962), English singer-songwriter Russell Westbrook (born 1988), American professional basketball player Film [ edit ] The Cat (1947 film) , an Argentine film The Cat (1956 film) ,
396-631: The company did not start manufacturing their own until 1964. Aria arranged for Matsumoku , the musical instrument maker, to build the guitars for them under contract. Arai and Matsumoku started building acoustic guitars in 1964, and then electric guitars in 1966, using Arai, Aria, Aria Diamond, Diamond, and much less frequently, Arita brand names. The Aria brandname was changed to Aria Pro II in late 1975, though this has been used mostly (but not exclusively) for electric guitars and basses. All guitars were made in Japan until February 1987, when production of less expensive models (Magna MAB/MAC and Integra IGB series)
418-400: The expenses of his activities from his own pocket. Through an attorney in Paris, he was introduced on 26 December 1942 to Carré. Carré introduced Bleicher to Vomécourt as "Jean Castell," a Belgian resistance leader. What neither SOE headquarters nor Vomécourt knew was that Interallié was "burned" and that Carré was working for the German intelligence agency, the Abwehr. She said she had access to
440-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Cat . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cat&oldid=1250727117 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
462-404: The two reached England via a British naval vessel on 27 February. This was the end of Carré's career as a double and triple agent. She was interrogated and imprisoned for the remainder of the war. After the war, Carré was deported to France where she faced charges for treason. At the trial, which started on 3 January 1949, the prosecution read from her diary: "What I wanted most was a good meal,
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#1732851964927484-518: Was later reduced and she was released from prison in 1954. Carré was born in Le Creusot , Saône-et-Loire . In the 1930s she attended Sorbonne University and became a teacher . After her marriage, she moved to Algeria with her husband, Maurice Carré, who was later killed in World War II , during the Italian campaign . Carré returned to France, worked as a nurse and witnessed her country fall to
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